MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology enable
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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